Gen de nouvèl (osnon zen) on moun tande ki fè ou reflechi anpil. (Nou gen on gwo chans: frè ak sè nou yo gendwa sere ou moso manje, men yo pa p sere ou moso pawòl. Kidonk, se pa okazyon pou on moun reflechi ki manke.) Lòtrejou, etan m chita nan klinik kay doktè ap tann tou pa m, gen on madanm ki vin antre epi li koumanse ap pale: “Bagay sa a rive twò lwen atò. Pou moun yo tonbe ap kidnape atò machann kann kale! Ki kote pou fanmi malere a jwenn lajan pou yo al tire l. Mwen menm, m pale fanmi m yo dèyè a, si you ladan yo ta kite yo kidnape l, li tou chire, paske m pa p gen lajan pou m voye tire l, m pa p gen senk ti wòch, alewè pou m ta jwenn konbyen mil dola …” Continue reading “Soti Nan Kaptè Tonbe Nan Kidnapè” »
Profile: Antoine Pierre-Paul
| Name | Antoine Pierre-Paul (Tatán is my favorite nickname, along with Pepe and Paulo.) |
| Date of Birth | May 23, 1956 |
| Place of Birth | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Current Location | New York, USA |
| Height | 5′ 11″ |
| Weight | 185 lbs. |
| Ethnicity | Haitian/Black |
| Hair | Black, slowly going gray… |
| Eyes | Black |
| Eyesight | Bad, very bad… from reading the PC screen and the huge collection of Sheet Music I have. |
| Primary Education | Ecole Darius Denis |
| Secondary Education | Petit Séminaire Collège St. Martial |
| Post-Secondary Education | Faculté des Sciences de L’Université d’Etat d’Haiti |
| Occupation | Freelance Graphic Artist |
| Favorite Software Platform | Ubuntu Linux. (I have a copy of Windows Vista for Music and Gaming purposes) |
| Computers | Various Desktop PCs running Windows 3.1, 98, XP, Vista and many flavors of Linux (Ubuntu, Knoppix, Kanotix, Slackware, etc.) |
| Sexual Orientation | Heterosexual |
| Relationship Status | Recently Widowed |
| Kids | Two daughters, Joelle and Amanda Noelle. |
| Siblings | Marie-Joseph (sister), Anthony & Henri-Robert (brothers). |
| Religion | None, I am a Yogi. (I Grew up Catholic!) |
| Religious Views | For me, Yoga is the Way. Period. (BTW Yoga is NOT a Religion, neither it’s an Exercise program. GTFW!) |
| Social Life | What’s that? |
| Drinking | No more. |
| Smoking | I quit 12 years ago. |
| Drugs | I am not retarded! |
| Diet | 75% Raw Vegan and Fruitarian. Plus Rice & Greens and Wheat Bread. |
| Hobbies | Flute playing (Baroque period, Jazz and Latin), Graphic design, Pen & Ink Drawing, Internet technologies, Graphic Software, Reading, reading… |
| Favorite foods | Fruits, Nuts, Raw Vegetables, Rice and Beans, White Rice & Greens, Wheat Bread, Green Juices, Fruit Smoothies. |
| Favorite Music | Everything but Rap, Heavy Metal and their close relatives. |
| Favorite bands | Chamber Ensembles, Mariachis and Small Jazz Combos. |
| Favorite TV Shows | Wait… there’s something good on TV? Now, this is news to me! |
| Favorite Movies | “And justice for all”, “Stand by me”, most Spaghetti Westerns and good Comedies |
| Favorite Books | Do I have to list all five hundreds of them? Only love (Sri Daya Mata), Autobiography of a Yogi (P. Yogananda), The Flute (J.J. Quantz), How to win friends and influence people (Dale Carnegie)… |
| Favorite Activities | Oh, let’s see… daydreaming, watching paint dry, holding the wall, and my all-time favorite laying on the floor in the Corpse Pose! |
| Favorite Quotations | “Tell the children the truth right now!” Robert Nesta Marley (Babylon System) |
| Political Views | All the way to the Left. (In case you did not know, the Left is actually ‘more right’ than the Right!) |
| About Me | Just an average guy who believes we should be doing a lot better on this planet, since we already have the recipe “Do unto others as we would them do unto us”. |
| Personal Goal | To be the kindest person you will ever meet. |
Dèyè Pawòl, Gen Pawòl

“Dèyè Pawòl Gen Pawòl” conjures up the idea expressed by the proverb “Dèyè mòn, gen mòn”. In short, it will be a weekly investigation into our logomachy, the words we use–words of the day, words from the past, words in synchrony, words in diachrony, all words that purport to convey some meaning about us…
Si ou renmen koze sa a, gaye li tribòbabò.
Atik sa a, se Roro ki te ekri l.
Tanpri, pa bliye fè on ti koutpye nan Lakay Graphics kote n ap jwenn on pakèt desen ak anpil lòt bagay sou Ayiti.
Ki moun





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